The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they happen.
Harris arrives in Chicago to star at Democratic convention
Kamala Harris has arrived in Chicago ahead of her star turn at the Democratic National Convention, perhaps the most pivotal moment yet for her short election campaign against Donald Trump.
The US vice president has reenergized the party after an astonishing month that has seen her replace President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket and wipe out Republican rival Trump’s lead in the polls.
On the way to Chicago, Harris stopped in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania — which Trump won in 2016 and Biden in 2020 — and embarked on a day-long bus tour in a bid to keep up the momentum.
Accompanied by her running mate Tim Walz and their respective spouses, they set off from Pittsburgh on a coach emblazoned with their names to a series of rust-belt towns to woo blue-collar voters.
But Harris insisted that Trump was still the favorite to win and that she would campaign hard with just 79 days until the November 5 election.
“I very much consider us the underdog, we have a lot of work to do to earn the vote of the American people,” Harris told reporters in Pennsylvania. “That’s why we’re on this bus tour today.”
Lebanese media: Hezbollah repels IDF soldiers who tried to enter territory
Hezbollah-linked Al Mayadeen claims IDF troops who attempted to enter Lebanese territory were repelled by Hezbollah fire near Ayta ash Shab.
The terror group attacked the soldiers with rockets and artillery fire, the report claims.
There is no immediate comment from the IDF.
Israeli military said operating in Qalqilya area following terror attack
Palestinian media report the Israeli military is operating in force in the Qalqilya area following yesterday’s West Bank terror attack near Kedumim.
The reports say troops have entered the village of Baqat al-Hatab in the central West Bank, possibly searching for the man who killed an Israeli civilian security guard with a hammer at the Bar-On industrial park before fleeing the scene.
There is no immediate comment from the army.